Power outages in Monmouth County, NJ

Live outage counts for Long Branch, Tinton Falls and Asbury Park and the rest of Monmouth County, updated every 10 minutes from PSE&G and JCP&L.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

59customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

PSE&G0 / 1,565

JCP&L59

Outage map

County outlinePSE&G and JCP&L publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city

Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.

City	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Allentown	0	874	0.00%

Outage history in Monmouth County

2014–2025 record

Monmouth County averaged 19 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for New Jersey counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 13. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 30 hours, starting June 19, 2025.

The largest on record began August 4, 2020, with 202,864 customers out at once.

19significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

5 dayslongest on record (August 2020)

202,864most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 4, 2020	202,864	5 days	10,262,071
July 22, 2019	137,151	2.9 days	3,433,559
September 14, 2021	45,880	17 hours	198,338
June 19, 2025	32,384	30 hours	521,819
October 19, 2022	30,472	2 hours	18,919

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

PSE&G: outage map and reporting
JCP&L: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.